Glasgow Claymores
Arena: Kelvin Hall {Glasgow} - Capacity {4,000}
Colours: Russian Purple, Silver & Burnt Orange
Coach: Kay Smith {Rated 0} - Since 1953
Previous Coaches Katherine Biggar {1951-1952}
Honours: Supergrid Bronze Medallists 1951
Most Appearances: 35 Julie Hulatt, Deborah Sellars & Susan McCrossan {ever present 1951-1953}
Most Goals: 33 - Susan McCrossan {1951-1953 including 4 hat-tricks}
In a Season: 15 - Susan McCrossan {1952}
In a Match: 3 - Susan McCrossan - 5-5 vs Durham 1st March 1952, 4-5 vs West Yorkshire 15th March 1952, 5-2 vs Essex 26th April 1952 & 7-2 vs Birmingham 19th September 1953
Most MVP: Susan McCrossan {4 - 1951-1953}
Oldest player: Arline MacArthur 34 Years, 297 Days vs Middlesex, 22nd September 1951
Youngest player: Sheila Biles 14 Years, 276 Days {substitute} vs West Yorkshire, 15th March 1952
Record Victory: 7-2 at Birmingham 19th September 1953
Record Defeat: 0-10 vs Liverpool 3rd November 1951
Record Attendance: 561 vs Durham 21st March 1953
Best position: 3rd {1951} - Total seasons 3
Sheila Biles
Attacker {Rated 2}
Age 16 {12/06/37}
Born: Vudapest, Hungary
Apps: 19
Goals: 3
Sheila Biles was born in Hungary to a British oil-worker father and a Belgian-Romanian pianist mother. Raised largely overseas, especially in Mount Vernon, New York, she returned to Scotland after her father was killed in a car crash.
The younger sister of Hungarian-American-British actress Dorothy Biles, Sheila joined Glasgow as a bright, poised prospect. She made her debut as a substitute Left Guard on 15 March 1952 and her full debut on 7 June, becoming Glasgow’s youngest player at 14 years, 360 days.
Naturally publicity-friendly, she dreams of musical comedy and is set to feature in Gridball Monthly in October 1953.
September 1953
Glasgow's Sheila Biles, Rena Heilbron, Deborah Sellars and Susan McCrossan celebrate being on the scoresheet in the 7-2 crushing of Birmingham in September 1953. McCrossan scored a hat-trick while the seventh goal was an own goal.
Jill Jackson
Netminder {Rated 1}
Age 17 {29/09/36}
Born: Bristol, England
Apps: 28
Goals: NA
Conceded five goals on her debut in 1952 in a 5-5 tie.
Kay Smith
{Kay Peterson}
Coach {Rated 0}
Age 39 {07/06/14}
Born: Long Island City, New York, USA
Previous Club: Northumberland {Minor 1951}
Kay Smith, née Peterson, is a 5 ft 6 in blonde New Yorker, born to Swedish-American parents. She came to Britain before the war to study elocution and physical culture, married in 1938, and had a son in 1941.
A catalogue model and gym instructor, Kay brings poise, discipline and transatlantic polish to the Claymores. She joined the game as Northumberland’s coach in 1950 before moving into the senior ranks with Glasgow, making her senior coaching debut with the Claymores in 1953